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CARTERS’ HAND-PICKED PEAS.-Earliest Varieties. 
FIRST EARLY PEAS. 
The Cultivation of Poas. — Early round Peas maybe sown out of doors anytime from November onwards, but the Spring is generally the season when the largest 
quantities of Second Early and Main Crop Marrow Peas are put in, extending to June for the latest crops. They thrive best in ground that has been deeply 
trenched and manured for a previous crcp ; the seeds should be planted from to 3 inches deep, in either single or double rows, and the taller varieties must 
be staked when they are from 4 to 6 inches high ; the tallest kinds should not be less than 6 feet apart in rows, and the dwarfest varieties half this distance. Peas 
will stand a good deal of drought if the roots find their way into some nice rich soil. (For full particulars see Carters’ Practical Gardener, price is. f 
enclosed with goods , or is. jd. post free. ) 
Carters’ “Re-selected Lightning.” 
Carter s’ Lightning'^ the Earliest White Round Pea. This opinion is confirmed 
by the testimony sent us from time to time by some of the best growers in the 
country. It is particularly level and neat in habit of growth ; it is also more robust 
in the haulm than any other Early Round Pea, and a prodigious cropper, the pods 
being long for Peas of this character, usually hanging in pairs, and well filled — distinct 
both in outline and seed — height about 2J- feet. A great favourite with market 
gardeners in the Southern Counties, who plant it before Christmas to give their 
first pickings in the Spring. It is also very useful in gardens where the soil is cold 
and heavy. 
With a view of obtaining a stock from the earliest and most robust plants, we 
have for several years gathered seed from such selected plants only in our annual 
crops as have given evidence of their forwardness in reaching maturity. Our stock 
is very limited. 
“Early Peas. — I have this day, June ioth, gathered my first dish of Peas, 
the variety being Carters’ Lightning. American Wonder sown on the same date 
will not be ready for another week; Chelsea Gem will be ten days later still. 
Carters’ Lightning is the best early Pea grown, in my estimation.”— THOS. 
COCKERILL, The Gate House. — From The Gardening World. 
Per quart. 
Carters’ Springtide . — A first early Marrow Pea, introduced by 
our house. We were certain this fine Pea would please all who grew it, and 
the reports we print below a»e from men eminent in the gardening profession. 
It combines the hardiness and forward character of the round early sorts with 
the habit and best points of the marrowfat class. 
“ This Pea I consider quite in the front rank. It is very early— we gathered 
on June 15th. The pods are well filled, and the Peas are of most excellent flavour. 
Very prolific bearer, about 2 ft. 6 in. high. One of the very best Peas for early 
work I have ever grown.” 
Mr. W. A. Cook, The Gardens, Compton Bassett. 
Pea, Springtide. — Out of many of the newer early peas I have on trial here 
this season, none please me so well as Springtide ; it is covered with pods almost from 
the ground upwards.” — Mr. J. C. Tallack. — In The Garden. 
« I sowed Carters’ Springtide Pea at the end of February, and gathered the 
third week in Tune. I consider this quick work in this district after an unfavourable 
Spring,” — J. C. — In The Garden. 
In sealed packets 
S. d. 
per pint, 2s. 2 J feet 3 6 
In sealed packets, price 2s. per pint, 3s. 6d. per quart. 
CARTERS', 237, 238, & 97, HIGH HOLBORN, LONDON.— 1898. 
